The importance of time in referee home bias due to social pressure. Evidence from Spanish football

Andres Picazo-Tadeo, Francisco González-Gómez and Jorge Guardiola
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Jorge Guardiola: Universidad de Granada. Department of Applied Economics

No 03/11, FEG Working Paper Series from Faculty of Economics and Business (University of Granada)

Abstract: This paper analyses referee home bias due to social pressure with data from the matches played in the First Division of the Spanish football league between the 2002/03 and 2009/10 seasons. Finally, our main conclusion is that the time the referee has to make a decision does affect the final outcome; while there is no referee home bias when a free kick is awarded, in the case of booking players, when the referee has more time to make a decision, social pressure can influence the final outcome in favour of the home team.

Keywords: Social pressure; crowd effect; referee home bias; sports economics. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 17 pages
Date: 2011-09-08
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